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Mr. Leadbitter
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the real value of students' grants compared with 1970.
Mr. Oakes
Using the General Index of Retail Prices, the following figures show the real increases between September 1970 and September 1978 in the values of the ordinary rates of maintenance grant for mandatory awards:
| Student's residence and Real increase | |
| Hall or lodgings | |
| London | 15 per cent. |
| Elsewhere | 7 per cent. |
| Parent's home | 5 per cent. |